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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 1st, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Galle's extreme problem that's persisting over and over in rural communities, metropolitan
  • communities.
  • No, this bill is primarily designed to address the problem at our federal prison.
  • We gain nothing by being violent against the community.
  • We want to make them feel invested in their community.
Bills: HB63 , HB91 , HB98 , HB108 , HB131 , HB151 , HB161 , HB294 , HB305 , HB310 , HB320 , HB336 , HB622 , HB789 , HB1040
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  • Members, I'd like to recognize some individuals from my community.
  • I'm reading This appears to say that only community-based organizations can apply for this grant.
  • Private donors from the community put in another $5.5 million.
  • I've got more coming, but Pioneer Telephone and Communications Company, a broadband company for western
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In rural communities like District 14 In rural communities like District 14 and District 15, we rely,
  • the needle of community safety forward that is best serve our communities?
  • Speaker, exactly how it was designed to. Mr.
  • It's no longer local communities.
  • This bill will build confidence and community trust between community and law enforcement, especially
Summary: The House took up Second Substitute Senate Bill 5974, a bill modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, volunteers, youth cadets, and related law enforcement roles. Members first considered a striking amendment and then a series of floor amendments, with debate repeatedly focusing on sheriffs as elected constitutional officers, the scope of state authority over local law enforcement, and whether the bill would create unfunded mandates or practical problems for counties. Supporters of the bill and many amendments argued for clarifying language, local flexibility, and state payment for new requirements; opponents generally warned the bill would weaken elected sheriffs, impose costs on counties, or overreach into local control. Amendment 2343, which would have added intent language emphasizing that sheriffs are directly accountable to the electorate, was debated at length and defeated on a roll call vote, 41 yeas to 56 nays. Amendment 2373, shifting background-check costs to the state through the Washington State Patrol, was also defeated, 44 yeas to 53 nays. Amendment 2374, narrowing provisions affecting private security and specially commissioned officers, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2369, clarifying rules for volunteers and youth cadets, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2371, limiting surveillance-related provisions to situations requiring a warrant, failed 42 to 55. Amendment 2372, clarifying that only non-public information would be restricted from disclosure, also failed 41 to 56. Later, Amendment 2370, which would have aligned the bill’s definition of volunteer law enforcement officers with existing statute, was defeated 42 to 55. Finally, Amendment 2352, which would have exempted current sheriffs from the bill’s new decertification rules, was debated as a protection against changing the rules midstream but was opposed on the grounds that the bill already grandfathered in the one sheriff who did not meet the new experience requirement; the amendment’s vote was not completed in the excerpt provided. The transcript also begins with the Speaker signing several bills, including Substitute House Bill 1570 and Substitute Senate Bill 6248.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations

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  • And design of a building? Chair Garcia, thank you. Thank you, Chair.
  • Your action to propose a solution has given my community significant hope.
  • They are not communicating with the HIV community, which has us in deep fear.
  • You have heard the community. You have stepped up to the challenge.
  • home and community-based services.
Bills: S2500 , S2502 , S2504 , S7028 , S2506 , S2508 , S2510 , S2512 , S2514 , S2516 , S2518 , S0482 , S0678 , S0984 , S1016 , S1074 , S1706 , S7030
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 18th, 2026

State Government

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  • I'm here to present HB 407, which designates Miss Alabama as an official state ambassador, and we have
  • I'm here to present HB 407 which<00:16:19.759><c> designates</c><00:16:20.560><c> Miss</c><00:16:20.880
  • ><c> Alabama</c><00:16:21.440><c> as</c><00:16:21.680><c> an</c> which designates Miss Alabama as an
  • which designates Miss Alabama as an official<00:16:22.480><c> state</c><00:16:23.040><c> ambassador</
  • Alabama Department of Revenue to issue certificates of title to current owners of manufactured homes designated
Bills: SB86 , SB196 , SB228 , SB231 , HB73 , HB407 , HB435 , SB86 , SB196 , SB228 , SB231 , HB73 , HB407 , HB435
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Governmental Oversight and Accountability Feb 2nd, 2026

Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're not defending the Jewish community with this.
  • And my whole life has been dedicated to my faith, my community, Florida.
  • of inclusive in our community.
  • of inclusive in our community.
  • We should be a community that embraces people, not find and them.
Bills: S0330 , S0526 , S0862 , S1072 , S1078 , S1192 , S1250 , S1296 , S1298 , S1642 , S1698 , S7022
Summary: The committee took up several bills and one set of confirmations. SB 330, relating to disability provisions for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, was explained as clarifying the heart disease presumption and allowing transferred law enforcement officers to rely on a prior physical if the new agency fails to provide one; it was reported favorably. SB 526, a broad commercial construction bill, was amended with a title amendment and a delete-all amendment before being reported favorably. SB 1192 created a pilot program for callback queues at certain executive agencies to reduce hold times, and it was also reported favorably. SB 1078 established gubernatorial transition procedures, including liaisons, briefing materials, office space, and access to records; an amendment narrowed and reassigned some duties and increased penalties for improper disclosure, and the bill passed favorably. SB 7022 extended and updated a public records exemption for classroom examinations and assessment instruments through 2031, and it was reported favorably. SB 1250 removed the Florida Commission on Human Relations’ requirement to use registered mail for certain notices, allowing less expensive notice methods, and it passed favorably. SB 1698 allowed certain employer notices and posters to be posted electronically instead of physically, and it was reported favorably. The committee also recommended confirmation of 10 appointees to the Florida Commission on Human Relations and the State Retirement Commission. SB 1072 created an anti-Semitism task force within the Attorney General’s Office of Civil Rights to review anti-Semitism in Florida, improve community relations, advise on law enforcement training, assess digital media literacy efforts, review hate crime statutes, and issue annual reports. The bill drew extensive public testimony, with many speakers opposing it on First Amendment, academic freedom, and equal-protection grounds and arguing it could chill criticism of Israel or be used selectively; supporters said it was needed to address rising anti-Semitism and that the state’s definition of anti-Semitism had already been adopted in statute. After debate, the bill was reported favorably. SB 862, as amended, set a $60,000 salary goal by 2030 for state correctional officers, probation officers, and institutional security specialists, with annual raises subject to appropriations; members questioned a separate provision allowing deployment of correctional officers during emergencies, including whether that could intersect with immigration enforcement, but the sponsor said he would follow up and that the bill was aimed at recruitment, retention, and workforce stability. The bill received support from law enforcement and corrections groups and was reported favorably. SB 1642, the Freedom in the Workplace Act, generated the most contentious discussion: it would bar certain pronoun-related requirements, prohibit mandatory training or activities related to sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression as a condition of employment, require sex on employment forms to reflect biological sex, and extend similar protections to public employees and contractors. Supporters framed it as protecting free speech, conscience, and against compelled speech; opponents argued it would authorize discrimination against transgender and nonbinary people, invite litigation, and harm workplace safety and inclusion. An amendment moved the bill into the chapter governing public employers and employees, and the bill was then reported favorably.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

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  • This involves our volunteer fire departments, which are essential for so many of our communities across
  • We are about to close, and the Chair calls Ann Lott from Inclusive Communities Project for the bill.
  • So those who get them are the families who earn the least amount of income within our communities. communities
  • Disability Rights Texas is the state's federally designated protection advocacy agency.
  • Is the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs not...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

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  • The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Board of Directors did not institute that cap until
  • Foundation Communities, registered against the bill. Chair now calls Walter Mauro.
  • Walter Mauro, Foundation Communities, showed him registered against the bill but did not testify.
  • Everybody's got a bite at the apple as a community on the comprehensive plan.
  • Yes, because some of these smaller communities don't have processes in place.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

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  • This is especially detrimental in our rural and underserved communities where inpatient beds may be hours
  • According to the CDC, connecting families to a community-based service...
  • Community. As you know, there's still work to do.
  • So it's a really sophisticated intervention designed for high-risk youth and families.
  • This training was designed for master's level clinicians.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

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  • I'm here on behalf of the communities that go unheard.
  • We're looking at how this impacts communities of color.
  • Sometimes we spend too much time in communities, but let's make sure we see what's going on.
  • In my community, every day...
  • That's the reality, and I live in a historic legacy. ...Latino community.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/6/25

Capital Investment

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  • </c><00:15:30.480><c> make</c><00:15:30.639><c> the</c> community community and help to make the community
  • </c> longer uh a possibility in our community longer uh a possibility in our community we<00:24:55.200
  • </c><00:25:11.960><c> of</c><00:25:12.240><c> over</c> in a community of over in a community of over
  • see like many rural a lot of communities see like many rural communities<00:26:07.880><c> our</c><00
  • So this would be, as a growing community, when I grew up there it was really just a bedroom community
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Transcript Highlights:
  • We could make, you could make, any person in this country, any community in this United States, any community
  • schools in those communities are strong.
  • invest in ways that some of these communities haven't seen for many, many generations.
  • But these women are leaders in their community.
  • The community shows compassion. and faith in the face of fear.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:35 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

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  • folks that want to recreate in our community.
  • Identified as somewhat of a safety risk in the community, but could be housed and cared for in community
  • To just go through any community-based setting.
  • This is about the Washington Community Protection Program.
  • , and keeping our kids and our communities safe?”
Summary: The House took up several bills on second and third reading, beginning with House Bill 2360 on expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools. A motion to recommit the bill to the House Health Care and Wellness Committee failed on a roll call vote, 38 yeas to 56 nays. Supporters said the bill would help school nurses respond to students in respiratory distress and reflected input from nurses, OSPI, and the Department of Health. Opponents raised concerns about training, drug interactions, follow-up care, costs to districts, and schools making medical decisions without a diagnosis. The bill then passed 60-34. House Bill 2467, clarifying measurement rules for fifth-wheel travel trailers, passed 94-0 after sponsors said it would help Washington dealers and consumers. House Bill 1983, relating to timberland tax treatment when land is sold to DNR, passed 68-26 amid debate over whether it would help forest management or make it easier for DNR to acquire timberland. House Bill 2531, updating ambulance transport fund quality assurance rules to align with federal regulations and preserve matching funds, passed unanimously 94-0. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 1390, which phases out the Community Protection Program for certain developmentally disabled individuals with high-risk histories and transfers participants to other waiver programs. Supporters said the program was overly restrictive, out of compliance with federal law, and had trapped people in long-term confinement-like conditions; opponents argued it would weaken public safety and move dangerous individuals into community settings without adequate safeguards. The bill passed 52-44. House Bill 2367, eliminating a preferential treatment related to the former TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, passed 63-33 after supporters framed it as closing the book on coal and opponents warned about energy reliability, jobs, and an emergency clause. Substitute House Bill 2133, making a property tax exemption for certain senior centers permanent, passed 96-0. Substitute House Bill 2355, establishing labor protections for domestic workers, passed 57-39 after supporters emphasized dignity and long-standing worker abuse concerns, while opponents cited fiscal impacts. The House then passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2534, with a technical amendment, to improve educational stability for children in military families; it passed 96-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1974, creating a land banking framework to support affordable housing, passed 59-37 after an amendment reduced fiscal impact by striking some tax preference sections. House Bill 2223, allowing certain irrigation district board service by farmers with spouses employed by the district, passed 93-3. Substitute House Bill 2239, allowing family burial grounds on private property, passed 96-0 after supporters cited rural needs, cultural traditions, and personal family stories. The session also included a brief congratulatory recognition for Representative David Stuebe after his first bill passed the House.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • An act relating to authorizing community scaled weatherization projects.
  • To allow community-wide projects that are really based on multifamily home projects, that type of work
  • This is a good policy for community weatherization.
  • An act relating to pre-designed thresholds amending RCW for... The clerk will read.
  • This is going to be great for rural communities and for our ranchers.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the chamber approved the previous day’s minutes. Members then caucused briefly before moving into second reading and third reading action on several bills, with the day also marking the start of the three-minute debate rule through House of Origin cutoff. The House passed House Bill 2338, which expands the low-income home weatherization program to support community-scale weatherization projects, especially for multifamily housing. It also passed House Bill 2353, raising the threshold for requiring predesign work on public projects from $10 million to $15 million, and Substitute House Bill 2363, a trailer bill allowing music therapy students to practice under supervision while exam scores are pending. Members described these as efficiency measures and consumer or workforce improvements. The chamber also approved Substitute House Bill 2525 to establish the Heritage Orchard Program and a registry at Washington State University to preserve rare and heritage apple varieties, with sponsors emphasizing the importance of Washington’s apple industry and agricultural history. Additional bills passed unanimously included Substitute House Bill 2420 on increasing small works roster thresholds, Substitute House Bill 2428 on preventing unintended lapses in life insurance by allowing third-party designees, House Bill 2604 allowing electronic signatures for transferring salvage vehicles to insurers, and Substitute House Bill 2107 making permanent a pilot requiring Labor and Industries to notify employers of identified job-site hazards within 10 days. Finally, the House adopted Amendment 1517 and passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, which updates veterinarian-client-patient relationship rules to allow telehealth between required physical visits and requires annual veterinarian oversight for certain animal production, commercial, and breeding operations. All of the listed bills received overwhelming support, with each final passage vote recorded at 94 yeas and 0 nays, except House Bill 2338, which passed 93-1.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Apr 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

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  • between that agency and community housing development organizations, which are called CHDOs.
  • So apparently, that lack of communication exists and has created a situation in which administrative
  • So the aim of this committee substitute is to narrow that communication gap and develop a more collaborative
  • the required minimum 15% for home funds for projects owned, sponsored, or developed by nonprofit community
  • You're a great communicator.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

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  • That's so prevalent in the veterans community.
  • I think four times more likely to commit suicide than it is in the normal community.
  • It will bring over 2,800 jobs to the community.
  • We are one community in Cochise County.
  • Thirty-nine percent reported shortages of dementia specialists in their community.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • </c> circumstance affecting the community circumstance affecting the community that<00:18:30.480><c>
  • Across EPC communities, early care and education is the number one issue that we work on.
  • What community can nervous.
  • </c> seeing currently in their communities. seeing currently in their communities.
  • ,</c><01:35:17.560><c> and</c> ultimately strengthens communities, and ultimately strengthens communities
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

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  • It's a large community. We have a lot. I represent a small community.
  • Where we are, my question is how are the communities gonna know about this?
  • So it has, for now, it has the Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and one rural community.
  • You, Chairman, I just talked about the Latino and Mexican communities.
  • They're not part of the community. Independent pharmacies are every bit of part of the community.